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The Evaporators share the stage with Andrew WK, members of Subhumans and D.O.A.

Posted by adam on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EST)

Infamous New York party-rocker Andrew WK joined Nardwuar the Human Serviette and his band the The Evaporators on stage this past Friday in Vancouver at the Mint Records XMas Party. WK performed "Party Hard", "She Is Beautiful" and "Ready To Die" with the band.

Nardwuar revealed to the crowd that Andrew WK was in town to record a split 7" with the Evaporators that will feature covers of 90s Toronto garage duo the Leather Uppers and Vancouver punk veterans the Subhumans. With that Subhumans lead singer Wimpy Roy joined the band for a rendition of "Oh Canaduh." The guests kept coming as ex-D.O.A. members Randy Rampage and Jon Card joined the crowded stage for a version of the Subhumans / D.O.A. tune "Fuck You."

You can find a full account of the show and a picture over at the CBC Radio 3 Blog. The Evaporators released Gassy Jack and Other Tales in 2007.

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Dudley_Shale (December 6, 2008)

I never got why people liked Andrew WK so much.

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MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

I don't think you've ever felt the need to ROCK!

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

Exactly. When you do, then you will know.

Dudley_Shale (December 6, 2008)

I rock constantly. My life is non-stop rock and/or roll.

You wouldn't understand, dairybreasts.

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

Have you gone vegan on us?

Maximumrock'n'roll called. They want you to stop being a poser.

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

I dunno man, if your definition of rock is shale, you need to pick a sturdier and more substantial rock, my friend. Granite-ize yourself, son.

UNTJosh (December 7, 2008)

Unless its the Barnettt Shale in North Texas and you can bank off ot it to the tune of 14k per acre thats under your property. Thats pretty sturdy

droopypunk (December 7, 2008)

A dog! A panic in a pagoda!

niveK82 (December 6, 2008)

Because most people like fun. why don't you like fun?

givemeamuseumandillfillit (December 6, 2008)

I totally didn't get him and disliked him for a year, then i saw him live and realized how ridiculously great he was. Then when he still drew a crowd he actually went lengths to bring good bands with him. He did a tour with Shai Hulud and The Locust. Might not sound like anything special but let me remind you that The Locust have turned down countless tours because they refuse to play clear channel veneues...what other main stream rock dude would even bother doing that?

He's been a bit embarrasing the last few years with the japanese record, solotours, mtv shows and general media bumming but anyone who actually went down on the floor for him in 02-04 knows how fun the crowds were. As cliché as it sounds there were always all kinds of people there with one goal in common: Fun.

jamespastepunk (December 7, 2008)

I was there, around 2003-2004.

This is true. I saw him at the Metro and it was one of the most fun live sets I've ever seen.

jBakunin (December 7, 2008)

I saw him do a full set of Karaoke once. that was ridiculously awesome.

BarleyPat (December 6, 2008)

Ditto. He seems like a cool guy and all, I just can't get into the tunes.

nina_d (December 6, 2008)

one time at hell fest he let me touch his hair and then he showed up at my friends apartment party and we all ate pizza. true story

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

Our child misses you.

nina_d (December 6, 2008)

i wish you'd let me see him/you

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

You've read the restraining order. You can see our boy when you stop trying to hug me with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.

nina_d (December 6, 2008)

It's the only way I know how to hug. Why do you keep rubbing this in

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

Also, hurling cookware at me does not count as "doing the dishes."

Animal26 (December 7, 2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Z4nM1CePE

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

"Fuck You" is such a great song.

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wonton (December 6, 2008)

We don't care what you say.
Fuck you.

TheMike (December 7, 2008)

I think it's dreadful

Misanthropee (December 6, 2008)

After all these years I am still undecided as to whether AWK is genius or crap.

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MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

I tend to stick with "force of nature."

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

Fuck Paris Hilton, I want to go on the show "I want to be Andrew WK's BFF."

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

How awesome would that be? I already spend all my time drinking and high fiving/hugging my friends. I'd fit right in.

HumanUnkind (December 6, 2008)

Silver Surfer for the win!

Dudley_Shale (December 6, 2008)

I'm in the same boat. He just exists solely to confuse me.

ryannn (December 6, 2008)

The live setting is the only place he is relevant and in in that case, pure genius.

Whats_Wrong_With_The_Kids (December 6, 2008)

Am I the only one that wakes up in the morning with records all over the floor from the night before and really wonder if I really listen to ALLl those fucking things the night before??

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Whats_Wrong_With_The_Kids (December 6, 2008)

That didn't make sense at all?

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

It's like that, but with dead hookers.

BarleyPat (December 6, 2008)

Whew, thought I was the only one.

Oh, and um "Like MattRamone Have Sex?"

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

Oh Gassy Jack.

Canucker (December 6, 2008)

I saw Andrew W.K perform at a bar last year. Greatest party ever.

14theroad (December 6, 2008)

I love that man.
nohomo.

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Citizen_Crack (December 6, 2008)

You just took those words out of my head.

MilesQToast (December 6, 2008)

that's big of them.

MilesQToast (December 6, 2008)

I forgot I liked Digger.

LushJ (December 6, 2008)

This fucking RULES!

Nardwuar, Andrew WK, Wimpy, all on the same stage? Can't wait for the split 7-inch. FUCK!

ManOfInfirmity (December 6, 2008)

Yeah, I'm really excited for that split, especially interested to see what Leather Uppers song is done. Plus, that new Evaporators record is great!

HumanUnkind (December 6, 2008)

Tonight's the night we finally get to rip this place apart
This is how we turn your boring party into art!

Well, close enough. Sort of.

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wonton (December 6, 2008)

We don't need your laws!
Together we destroy!

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

A little bit obsessive, but I'm writing a paper on the movie Oldboy and listening to the soundtrack. Shit's so amazing.

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HumanUnkind (December 6, 2008)

That film is unbelievable

Cheesetits (December 6, 2008)

As is the soundtrack.

14theroad (December 6, 2008)

Being tricked into incest would suck pretty bad.

MattRamone (December 6, 2008)

Spoilers rule.

Cheesetits (December 7, 2008)

Unless she was hot, amirite?

BarleyPat (December 6, 2008)

Go hokies!

Vinnie (December 6, 2008)

party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party

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BarleyPat (December 7, 2008)

Pretty much.

BarleyPat (December 7, 2008)

The lyrics "Change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up" are repeated through the whole song, as can be heard in the sample below. The band defended the song, saying that the lyrics were being misinterpreted as misogynistic and the song actually meant "...doing anything intensely..." [1] The song led to a publicised disagreement at the 1998 Reading festival after the Beastie Boys asked the group not to play the track.[2][3] The vocals are sampled and altered from the Ultramagnetic MCs song "Give the Drummer Some". The original lyrics, performed by rapper Kool Keith, are: "Switch up change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up like a pimp".[4] Keith had previously been sampled by the Prodigy in the track "Out of Space" using his spoken vocal "I'll take your brain to another dimension", this time sampled from the Ultramagnetic track "Critical Beatdown" from the 1988 album of the same name, on Ne

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the_other_scott (December 7, 2008)

my favorite bullshit moment of rock history was hearing/seeing good charlotte for the first time.

MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

Against Me! getting paid for a show.

HumanUnkind (December 7, 2008)

With support bands and everything!!!

Cheesetits (December 7, 2008)

I like that song.

MilesQToast (December 7, 2008)

seems kindof ninnyish/busybodyish to ask them not to play the song though.

gedgeispunk (December 7, 2008)

AWK needs to get a band together and take it on the road again. He is great!

Nameless (December 7, 2008)

My roommate's listening to John Mayer. I really cannot stand that dude or his music.

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MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

I'm making mix CDs for a 13 hour drive with my fiancee, who likes twee pop and hippie rock. I had to refrain from making the all Slayer and all Angry Samoans mix.

SloaneDaley (December 7, 2008)

I like both twee pop and john mayer, you guys would love me.

MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

It's all a matter of finding shit that doesn't suck. Uhhhh, no Grateful Dead, but how about some Jimi Hendrix, Kinks, and Creedence Clearwater Revival?

Nameless (December 7, 2008)

I've been meaning to listen to more Kinks. Greatest hits comps don't cut it.

MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

Get the Something Else reissue. Shit rules.

Nameless (December 7, 2008)

I don't mind twee pop. Twee pop's fine and dandy.

But, seriously, man... Mayer just irks me. And this is coming from someone who willingly listens to 90's pop.

baldsteve (December 7, 2008)

The all Angry Samoans mix lasts right at 120 min. (If you include the "live at rhino records" and Metal Mike solo eps)

Mixing "hitlers cock" with shitty pop would be great

Vinnie (December 7, 2008)

Sounds like your roommate and my roommate should start dating

Citizen_Crack (December 7, 2008)

When he sings it sounds like he has something stabbed through his tongue.

SmellTheGlove (December 7, 2008)

Favorite Nardwuar interview?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1mTyPfeio

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bluexmaslights (December 7, 2008)

that made me want to hit my head on my desk.
it got a couple laughs out of me though

Brett-NOLA (December 7, 2008)

Andrew WK is always "in town."

This dude has so many clones and body doubles, it's not even funny.

Now that I've revealed his secret, this is probably the last you'll ever hear of me...

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MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

There was no moon landing.

Citizen_Crack (December 7, 2008)

The Apollo Program(me) was a hoax.

Brett-NOLA (December 7, 2008)

I'm the Lindbergh baby.

MattRamone (December 7, 2008)

The Refused aren't good and every band influenced by them is fucking terrible.

dev (December 7, 2008)

this.

clam_tears (December 7, 2008)

Upon the reqest of a friend, I listened to my first Passion Pit song today. Let me tell you how shitty it was. When I was young, my dad said to me "son, when you're my age, music is going to be fuck." He was so right. This band be fuck all over the place.

clam_tears (December 7, 2008)

Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o0_5YkPxmg

GIVEMEnewWAVE (December 7, 2008)

Is it just me, or are the advertisements on punknews getting pretty lame? I know that's what I would come here for... the advertisements...

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Holy_Balls (December 7, 2008)

i miss the american apparel ads : (

Phantom_Maggot (December 7, 2008)

I was amused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bonnel

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